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Star light, Star Bright...

Friday, July 2, 2010

As I mentioned earlier I'm the Guest Designer for the month of July at Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply blog. I'm so delighted to be playing along with such talented ladies. This week's challenge is Star Light, Star Bright, the focus is on incorporating stars into our project, any way we like! So, I found some really cute star digi paper, Little Stars Paper Collection at Cupcake Cards & Crafts to go with the gorgeous October Afternoon (The Thrift Shop) paper from The Stamp Simply Store.

I softened the edges of the papers with some pale green blending chalk, to melt everything together. I dipped into my selection of ribbons from The Stamp Simply Store, my favorite is the crochet lace but I'm now becoming a big fan of twill (easy to pleat and sew!). I used the narrow 100% silk cream ribbon to make a little bow AND I painted some of the silk ribbon with some Creative Inspirations Paint in Sage, a perfect match for The Thrift Shop paper whilst adding a little more sparkle!

I used one of my Prima flowers - Symphony Blend Amoroso Pink, to top off the bows. I managed to find a similar pink colored button in my big bag of buttons! The green and white string is baker's twine that I bought locally.

I decided to try something different for the sentiment, so I printed out some text that I did on the computer (a nice chunky font), traced onto some card and carefully cut out with a craft knife. Then I painted them with some Creative Inspirations Paint in Winter Frost, and sprinkled generously with chunky glitter, the paint acted as a perfect glue (as long as you're quick, the paint has to be wet). I used the extra chunky glitter to echo the sparkly star theme! : )